Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova / Jazz Meets Folk Song

Paul Winter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 30, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B000056K2Z
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,272 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Journey to Recife

2. Con Alma

3. The Spell of the Samba

4. Maria Nobody

5. No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)

6. Foolish One

7. Little Boat

8. Longing for Bahia

9. Don't Play Games with Me

10. Song of the Sad Eyes

11. Adeus, Passaro Preto (Bye, Bye Blackbird)

12. Only You and I

13. Blue Mountain

14. Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)

15. Guantanamera

16. Greenwood Side

17. Lass From the Low Countrie

18. Aruanda

19. Repeat

20. Waltzing Matilda

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars musiclifer, July 7, 2001

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This review is from: Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova / Jazz Meets Folk Song (Audio CD)

Finally! These great albums are out on CD!! Yea!! I bought both of these original LPs in the sixties. Before ANYONE ever heard of Paul Winter. It knocked me out the first time I put it on the turntable, especially the Bossa Nova album. It is a classic of the great union of the traditional style of Brazil and American "white-jazz". At first, one might think that such a marriage is not a very attractive possibility, but this album proves that to be wrong. The arrangements are clean and lovely. Crisp and bright. And with wonderfully light solos. A great classic Bossa Nova album. The folk-song album is similar.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slick early 60's Jazz, December 12, 2007

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Harold G. Meeks Jr. "hal2k" (raleigh nc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova / Jazz Meets Folk Song (Audio CD)

A friend gave me "Jazz meets Bossa nova" on vinyl and I have really enjoyed it. It is very much in line with other stuff from the early 60's, exploring the borders between jazz, bossa nova/samba and pop music.

When I call the music "slick", it is not intended to be an insult. It is clean, precise, tight but not syrupy -- the improvisations fit inside a framework. Everything just clicks. Paul Winter is a phenomenal sax player, but the rest of the sextet is just as good.

I also like the way the album is recorded. There is a lot of nice ambience, space between the instruments. It reproduces really well on a good stereo system.

From what I've read, this was made while Paul Winter was still in college. Perhaps that this is why it sounds so fresh and dynamic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Listening Pleasure, May 19, 2006

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spchlgr 3985 "A.G. Ward" (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova / Jazz Meets Folk Song (Audio CD)

I came across this CD on Amazon, listened to the samples and bought the CD. The decision was a great investment. If you love jazz, you'll really appreciate this CD. The music is clear, I love the arrangemnts of the insturments. Paul Winter is superb in capturing your attention, the band plays excellent, each instrumemnt is heard without drowning out the other. listen to, "The spell of the Samba" and "Little Boat, the drums, the horns, it's all there!
I was only a child in the sixties, so I didn't know of him back then, but I'm glad I'm old enough now to appreciate REAL music!